Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-22
FIFTY YEARS.
VICTORIA'S LONG AND SUCCESS.
Full REIGN.
Her People Celebrate the Great
Jubilee Anniversary-Londou
in Holiday Attire.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE RrooRp-uxIos.

! ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REcoRD-UNIoS I
LONDON, June 2lst.Ispeciall I'VE have had
poor gallantry in the Capital or anywhere else
| since Prince Albert died, more than quarter
of century ago. The bringing home, in 1865
of his Danish bride by the Prince of Wales was
the next great royal event, and the thanksgiv-
+; ing service after his recovery from Illness, in
1872, was the last public spectacle OF the first
rank In all those years. The Queens visit to
open the new law Courts four years ago, and
her recent progress to inaugurate the Peoples
Palace in East End were in no sense state pa
geants. Nor does this jubilee procession COM
pare with the entry of the Princes into London
In 1868 in popular enthusiasm, for the distance
| traversed on the former occasion was about six
miles, while four and half million Cockneys
and an extra million of provincial excursion
lists had to pack themselves into less than two
| miles OF street line. Here is the picture as it
presented itself early this morning: Picadilly,
from the Hyde Park corner, is a splendid
| sight. Each mansion vies with its .neighbor
| IN effectiveness of decoration. Costly rugs
and curtains floating outside give the gayest
| appearance to the windows; flags of all nations
hutter from every pinnacle; festoons OF ribbons
and flowers curve from graceful Venetian masts
| along the curbstopes. The Rothschild mansion
is tableau of floral display. The old house
Lord Byron lived in, and nov owned by Sir A.
Bothwick. is equally effective, and the famous
home of the Palmerstons, where 1 saw the
Prince in 1868 stop his horses and salute the
jolly old Premier, has its grand stand behind
the garden wall filed with rank and beauty.
But everybody has come out in holiday attire.
| regardless of cost or trouble
| There never has been IA royal procession dur
| ing the Queens reign without some hostile dem
onstration, though it has always been as con-
temptible as essentially mean and meaningless.
Three times the Queen has seen a pistol pointed
at her, though the last time red flag hanging
from the barrel was the nearest resemblance to
| fire. We hear whispers of disloyal demonstra-
| tions to-day, but if any foolish malcontents
| provoke the good temper of the crowd they will
have a short shrift from the sight.seers. who
| OBJECT to the wrong thing being done at the
wrong time and in the wrong place.
AT 10 o'clock all vehicular traffic was per
emptorlly stopped on account of the immense
Jam OF people on foot, and no conveyances of
any sort will be permitted in the streets of Lon
| don outside of royal procession until . o'clock
tomorrow morning. How on earth all the
| people are to see. or even TO breathe land
| women, tool beats ali calculation. But they
| have come to see the Queen in her crown and
robes AT least, they think they will see her
but they certainly won't see the crown even if
| lucky enough to see the royal pate The actual
| crowni is a fearful engine of torture and as a
matter Oh fact, was never worn but once, and
that during the eoronation The coronet or
minor crown, her Majesty wears to-day is
| much larger and finer affair than the toy crown
she dons when she opens Parliament Despite
the naturally surly expression of her mouth,
| the Queen has u decided queenly bearing
which strikes you distinct from that of any
dowager among the many who still possess
beauty. But her : motherliness'' of late years
| has combined with this peculiarly dignified air
| in endowing the Queen with that indescribahIe
| quality OF which true grace is perhaps the kew
note. She rides in one of the old, open state
| carriages, especially adorned to make nm for
| the royal carriage use on state occasions hnt
which. being closed, is discarded today. The
LORD chancellor; or some other functionary, is
DIhinging tne real crown, with its cushion and
people may not lose that little of the show.
THE ROYAL PROCESSION CEREMONY, ETC.
| LONDON, June 2lst-The first day of the fiftv-
frst year ofthe reign of Queen Victoria opened
with perfect summer weather Thousands of
people who yesterday selected locations along
the route of to-day's procession in order to re
| tain them, occupied them all night A steady
| stream OF carriages and pedestrians poured con-
rections, toward the West End At9o'cloeE the
! line of the route was compact mass of people
Everybody, despite the discomfort of crowding.
manifested the utmost good humor
| The first royal procession was composed of
| Indian Princes and few minor German Princes
Punctually at 1l:io A. NJ. the Queen, in an open
| carriage, emerged from the palace gates At
| the sight of her thousands of voices were liffed
| up in cheers. the applause being aceompanied
by the music OF many military bands stationed
IN front OF the palace. The Queen did not wear
| her state robes, but was dressed in black Her
carriage was drawn by eight ponies. The Prince
Of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of
Conaught, her sons the Crown Prince ImperisI
of Germany, the Marquis of Lorne, Prince Chris
tian OF Schlesweg- Holstein, and Prince Henry
of Battenberg. her sons-in-law; and Prince Al
bert Victor and George of Wales. Prince Albert
| OF Edinburgh, and Prince William of Prussia
her grandsons all rode in full uniform beside
the Queens coach as a body guard
| Inc Queen carriage was a large one of choc-
olate color, the wheels of red aud the ROYAL arms
in gold emblazoned upon the panels. Red
morocco harness was used for the horses which
were otherwise decorated with royal blue rib
| bon. All the servants wore state liveries of
scarlet and gold.
| The other carriages. containing members of
| the royal family. were of gorgeous character
Inc procession slowly made its way until Well.
lngton Arch was reached. Then the first intro
duction to the London streets ensued Emery
ing from Wellington Arch, the first to greet the
eueen We're the eonvalescent patients and others
at ST. George Hospital, which was packed from
basement to roof, seats having been erected for
| many thousands over the roof of the hospital
| 1t was not until Devonshire House was
| arations that hGd been made to greet her. Here
| the Marquis of Harrington had had a spacious
| gallery erected. from which many hundreds of
gayly dressed ladies waved their handkerchief
ana cneered the Queen. From this point to
Westminster Abbey every point of vantage had
been seized by contractors to fix seats Shop
fronts and first floors were rented at from go
to EGO each, and in some cases more
| At st. James Parish Church 900 children
were seated and sang God Save the Queen
| On reaching the Regent Circle, where six main
| STREETS converge. the sight was a memorable
| one, the streets being all splendidly decorated
Many Americans secured seats at the palatial
commercial establishment in Waterloo place
and Joined in the enthusiasm rs warmly &c
the English. In Trafalgar Square nothing Int
| heads were to be seen. The crowd here was
| tremendous. IL completely eclipsed any that
has assembled at the great political gatherings
| OF recent years.
When the procession reached the Thames
| embankmentthe enthusiasm was indescribable
| All along the embankment, where not occu-
PIED by pubic gardens, seats and galleries had
| been erected. The ground floor of the Abbey
| was contested by lofty gram stands, called st
| Margaiess, the seats of which sold for five
guiness each.
On the procession nearing the Abbey the
| troops saluted guns We're fired. the bells on the
churches rang out merry peals. and flags were
| run up, the cheering being continuous until the
| Queen passed into the Abbey door. After pass
ing through the yestibule her Majesty was con-
Quoted tothe grand daisunder the lantern tower
she was surrounded by 50 members of the royal
| family. The scene in the Abbey when the
Queen entered was dazzling. Ten thousand
people were seated. They all arose. The
| Ho.iASI dAoSdlutu tHtlI wraps ana revealed the
full splendor of their beauty and attire Three
| tiers and galleries had been built in the Abbey
with seats for 10000
| The Queen was evidently impressed with the
scene. She was noticeably pale She soon,
however, recovered and regi.ined the bright
and pleasant aspect she had borne all the morn
| ing.
| 1he Queens advent was arranged so that she
entered the Abbey precisely at nooD D. G.
Bridge, Organist of the Abbey, who had for the
| occasion specially trained choir of go voices
| selected from the great choirs of London. the
number of soloists, besides large accompani-
ment OF brass Instruments and drums gradually
drew the immense congregation into silence and
| their respective places. to be o epared for the
| queens coming. by rendering selections in a
| manner that made every person within hearing
note.
When the Queen reached the Abbey, and the
royal procession was forming in the marquee
outside the west door. the State trumpete.s in
gold and crimson uniforms executed fanfares
from the organ loft, nearly in the center of the
eciilce- when the clergy at the head of the
/ royal procession moved into the church the Ma
tionai Anthem was rendered by the organ The
| music was thrilling, and the audience rose as
! unit and lent their ten thousand voices to ac-
| company the choir The effect was grand so
profound, that many persons were moved to
/ tea S.
/ 1t was at this moment that the queen ap-
| peared within the doors. When the singing of
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